2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle at the 2010 Short Course Worlds
Date	17 December 2010
Competitors	47
Winning time	3:57.07
Medalists
Katie Hoff   United States   Kylie Palmer   Australia   Federica Pellegrini   Italy

Main article: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)

The Women's 400 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 47 swimmers raced in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Joanne Jackson	United Kingdom	3:54.92	Leeds	8 August 2009
Championship record	Kylie Palmer	Australia	3:59.23	Manchester	11 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
17 December 2010	Final	Katie Hoff	United States	3:57.07		CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	3	Katie Hoff (USA)	4:00.37	Q
2	6	4	Coralie Balmy (FRA)	4:00.73	Q
3	4	4	Kylie Palmer (AUS)	4:01.45	Q
4	5	6	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	4:02.44	Q
5	5	5	Chloe Sutton (USA)	4:02.77	Q
6	4	6	Patricia Castro (ESP)	4:02.85	Q
7	6	6	Erika Villaécija (ESP)	4:04.88	Q
8	1	1	Li Xuanxu (CHN)	4:05.25	Q
9	6	2	Elena Sokolova (RUS)	4:05.69
10	3	1	Nina Rangelova (BUL)	4:06.00
11	6	5	Ophélie Cyrielle Etienne (FRA)	4:06.22
12	5	4	Lotte Friis (DEN)	4:06.24
13	4	2	Kristel Kobrich (CHI)	4:06.28
14	5	2	Veronika Popova (RUS)	4:06.39
15	3	5	Hannah Miley (GBR)	4:07.17
16	5	3	Katie Goldman (AUS)	4:07.72
17	6	8	Leone Vorster (RSA)	4:08.33
18	6	7	Nina Cesar (SLO)	4:08.61
19	4	7	Cecilia Biagioli (ARG)	4:09.29
20	3	3	Maiko Fujino (JPN)	4:09.40
21	4	1	Barbora Závadová (CZE)	4:09.46
22	3	4	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	4:10.69
23	6	1	Tjasa Oder (SLO)	4:11.39
24	5	1	Cecilie Waage Johannessen (NOR)	4:12.07
25	4	8	Katarina Filova (SVK)	4:14.69
26	2	6	Samantha Arévalo (ECU)	4:15.47
27	5	8	Alexandra Gabor (CAN)	4:15.67
28	3	7	Elin Sofia Slaatmo (NOR)	4:15.86
29	3	6	Ting Sheng-Yo (TPE)	4:16.22
30	2	4	Julia Hassler (LIE)	4:16.28
31	3	8	Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada (ESA)	4:16.37
32	2	5	Andrea Cedrón (PER)	4:17.27
33	2	3	Daniela Kaori Miyahara (PER)	4:17.48
34	3	1	Simona Marinova (MKD)	4:20.07
35	2	7	Malia Mghezzi Bekhouche (ALG)	4:21.74
36	2	2	Victoria Isabelle Ho (JAM)	4:27.08
37	2	1	Shannon Austin (SEY)	4:33.84
38	1	4	Davina Mangion (MLT)	4:39.21
39	2	8	Olivia Planteau de Maroussem (MRI)	4:45.83
40	1	6	Estellah Fils Rabetsara (MAD)	4:49.24
41	1	2	Britany van Lange (GUY)	4:53.20
42	1	5	Tieri Erasito (FIJ)	4:55.28
43	1	3	Anum Bandey (PAK)	4:55.96
44	1	7	Grace Kimball (NMI)	5:10.29
–	4	3	Ágnes Mutina (HUN)	DNS
–	4	5	Liu Jing (CHN)	DNS
–	5	7	Chiara Masini Luccetti (ITA)	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Hoff (USA)	3:57.07	CR
	3	Kylie Palmer (AUS)	3:58.39
	6	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	3:59.52
4	2	Chloe Sutton (USA)	4:00.05
5	5	Coralie Balmy (FRA)	4:00.14
6	8	Li Xuanxu (CHN)	4:02.38
7	1	Erika Villaécija (ESP)	4:02.69
8	7	Patricia Castro (ESP)	4:04.85